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Romania on spot 34 in EY's index of world renewable energy investment attractiveness
Thursday, October 8, 2015
Romania further stays on position 34 in the world ranking of the attractiveness of renewable energy investment and deployment opportunities; as regards the used technologies, Romania holds the best indices for solar energy and biomass, shows the EY latest Renewable Energy Country Attractiveness Index (RECAI), reads a company release."Romania kept its position in the world ranking of renewable energy investment attractiveness, against a backdrop characterized by the absence of ...
EC to close the infringement procedure on a development project for Sulina beach
Thursday, October 8, 2015
The European Commission decided on September 24 to close the infringement procedure against Romania on a development project for Sulina beach at the Black Sea, according to a message sent by the Danube Delta Biosphere Reservation Administration ...
Minister Gerea attended the 10th edition of Kazenergy Eurasian Forum 2015
Thursday, October 8, 2015
KazMunayGas - Rompetrol project is of special importance and is being backed at all the levels of the Government and economic circles in Kazakhstan, the Romanian Minister of Energy, SMEs and Business Environment Andrei Gerea said in a release on ...
Energy regulator to launch study on mitigating energy poverty in Romania
Thursday, October 8, 2015
The National Energy Regulatory Authority (ANRE) has commissioned the Romanian Academy to conduct a study into energy efficiency in Romania and the possibility of mitigating energy poverty in Romania, with the report to be launched on November 2, ANRE Deputy Chairman Emil Calota said Monday."On November 2, the Auditorium of the Romanian Academy will be hosting the launch of a study we have conducted jointly with institutes of the Romanian Academy into energy efficiency and the ...
EnergyMin Gerea: Ageing energy infrastructure, one of Romania's challenges
Thursday, October 8, 2015
The ageing energy infrastructure and the volatility of fossil fuel prices are some of the challenges facing Romania, Minister of Energy, SMEs and Business Environment Andrei Gerea told a Monday's conference on energy issues."The Ministry of Energy is involved in developing a strategy in energy field. We want to rely in the future on a complex energy mix: hydro, nuclear, coal, oil, natural gas and renewable energy. Our energy policy should be based on concepts of security and ...
Minister Bogdan Aurescu met Secretary General of the Energy Charter Urban Rusnak
Thursday, October 8, 2015
Romanian Foreign Affairs Minister Bogdan Aurescu met visiting Secretary General of the Energy Charter Urban Rusnak on Monday, on which occasion he reiterated Romania's firm support for the process of the Energy Charter and the Energy Charter Treaty, the ministry said in a ...
Romania's National Bank Seeks Electricity Supplier for the Next Three Years
Thursday, October 8, 2015
Last year, BNR signed a similar contract but only for one year with the energy trader Elsaco Energy, which is based in Botosani and is part of the Elsaco group, controlled by four Romanian entrepreneurs.Romania’s National Bank (BNR) wants to buy electricity to power its central headquarters in Bucharest, as well as its other agencies in the country, for three years. The contract is estimated at EUR 2.6 million (VAT included), reports local Profit.ro, as quoted by ...
ANRE: the price of imported natural gas is currently between 230 and 250 dollars per 1,000 cubic meters
Thursday, October 8, 2015
The price of imported natural gas for industrial consumers is 230 to 250 dollars per 1,000 cubic meters, the amount being convergent with the domestic production, Niculae Havrilet, the National Energy Regulatory Authority (ANRE) President said on ...
Bulgaria Expects to Choose Builder of Gas Link to Romania in December
Thursday, October 8, 2015
A contractor is expected to be selected in early December for the construction of a gas pipeline interconnection with Romania under the Danube river bed, Bulgaria’s Energy Minister Temenuzhka Petkova said on Friday. Bulgaria’s gas pipeline operator Bulgartransgaz invited bids for the construction of a gas interconnector with Romania including a section under the ...
EurActiv: Offer investors in booming renewables security, IEA tells governments
Thursday, October 8, 2015
Governments must not chop and change their political support for renewable energy, which by 2020 will generate more electricity that the combined demand of China, India, and Brazil, the International Energy Agency (IEA) has warned. Renewables had great promise to mitigate climate change and boost energy security, the IEA said in a report launched today. The sector’s growth will be driven by falling costs and aggressive expansion in emerging ...
Romania has still to warm up to solar energy, experts say
Thursday, October 8, 2015
A recent Roland Berger study elaborates on the topic of decentralized solar energy generation producing significant changes for the utility industry, the shift posing a major threat for the current business model of utilities. At the same time, solar PV creates new business opportunities that fit well with the existing competences of the utilities, the study says, quoted by http://business-review.eu/. In Romania, solar ...
Energy Ministry: There is need of another 300 specialists for ALFRED
Thursday, October 8, 2015
There is need of another 300 specialists for the implementation of ALFRED (Advanced Lead Fast Reactor Demonstrator) project at the Nuclear Research Institute (ICN) based in Mioveni, Arges County, State Secretary at the Energy Ministry Bogdan Badea said on ...
Latest blocks leased out by ANRM have failed short of the expected results
Thursday, October 8, 2015
The latest blocks leased out by the National Mineral Resources Agency (ANRM) have failed short of the expected results, ANRM senior employee Mihai Spataru told an energy conference on ...
Competition Council fines 10 companies in natural gas field
Thursday, October 1, 2015
The Competition Council has fined ten companies in the natural gas field with fines of 920,000 lei (207,690 euros) for deals which established lower prices for standard use installations, the competition authority announced in a press release. The list of companies fined included a natural gas distributor and nine companies executing works in the natural gas field, the biggest sanction of 788,017 lei being applied to Wirom Gas. According to the source, ...
Romanian Energy Efficiency Forum 2015 - October 8th 2015
Thursday, October 1, 2015
The implementation of energy efficiency programs as an integral part of the next step in the Romanian energy strategy represents an important opportunity in the local market with a promise of positive international ramifications. This specific subject will be the focal point around which the debates shall be centered within the Energy Efficiency Forum 2015 event, hosted by the Romanian Association for the Promotion of Efficient Energy (ARPEE) and Govnet Conferences on October ...
Investments in electricity transport and distribution networks were worth 9.7 billion lei from 2008 to 2014
Thursday, October 1, 2015
The investments in electricity transport and distribution networks were worth 9.7 billion lei from 2008 to 2014, reads a release from the Employers' Federation of Energy Utility Companies Association ...
USTDA STRENGTHENS SUPPORT FOR ENERGY SECURITY IN ROMANIA
Thursday, October 1, 2015
Last Thursday, the U.S. Trade and Development Agency (USTDA) awarded a $956,000 grant to support Transgaz S.A.’s Pipeline Expansion Project. The grant funds a feasibility study to improve and confirm the technical design and economic and financial specifications for constructing the Romanian section of the Bulgaria-Romania-Hungary, US Embassy in Bucharest informs. The grant was signed at the U.S. Embassy in Bucharest by U.S. Ambassador to ...
Investment fund for energy efficiency in southeastern European States would have a positive impact on Romania's energy industry
Thursday, October 1, 2015
State Secretary Bogdan Badea of the Ministry of Energy, Small and Medium-sized Enterprises and the Business Environment (MEIMMA) told the informal Energy Council in Luxemburg that setting up an investment fund for implementing energy efficiency project in southeastern European States would have a positive impact on Romania's energy ...
Romania needs a performing system as regards thermal power
Thursday, October 1, 2015
Romania needs a performing system as regards thermal power, and for this it needs investments, Energy, Small and Medium-Sized Companies and Business Environment Minister Andrei Gerea said on Thursday, in a conference on energy ...
Climate negotiations undermined by doubts over financing
Thursday, October 1, 2015
Developed countries have pledged $100 billion per year to help fight climate change in the global South. But as the Paris UN climate summit approaches, it is unclear where this money will come from. EurActiv France reports. COP21 is fast approaching, but the delicate ...